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by abc789654567 1628 days ago
Bangladesh is building a power plant now and seems to be getting more bang for their buck than South Carolina.

Construction began: 30 November 2017

Commission date: 2023

Construction cost: $12.65 billion

What today is considered nuclear waste will be fuel for generation IV reactors. The main aspect of Gen IV is using closed fuel cycle for the reactor. This year Russia started building first test Gen IV reactor BREST-300. It is planned to be operational by 2029. I believe that most effective business plan of dumping today's nuclear waste is using it as fuel for Gen IV reactors.

Bangladesh Nuclear Power Plant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooppur_Nuclear_Power_Plant

Generation IV reactor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_IV_reactor

BREST reactor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BREST_(reactor)